Dumping-wagon



(No Model.) L. G. DEBS.

DUMPING WAGON. No. 296,938. I Patented Apr.'15, 1884.

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LEMUEL G. DEES, OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,938, dated April15, 1884.

Application filed February 1, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEMUEL O. DEES, of Lake Charles, in the parish ofOalc'asieu, in

r the State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dumping Wagons or Carts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has reference to dumping axle B, upon the ends of whichturn the carrying-wheels O. The rear ends of the shafts D carry links a,which engage similar links, (2, depending from the under side of thebody A, and thus afford a pivotal draft-connection of said shafts withthe body. Bars 0 are secured longitudinally at each side of the bottomof the body A, and to these are secured transverse bars (I, which arenotched at their central upper faces to receive and guide a longitudinalboltbar, E, the forward end, 6, of which is cylindrical and threaded,and projects a short distance beyond the front of the cart-body. Abracket, f, secured on the front of the body A, supports pivotally by abolt,

. g, a lever, F, the upper end of which is provided with a handle, it,while the lower portion is bent to form a hook, t, which, when the upperend is thrown back, takes under and engages a bar, H, securedtransversely across the shafts D. The lever F is provided with avertical slot, it, through which projects the threaded end of the bar E,to which it is secured by a nut, Z. Theend-gate G is pendently pivotedby loop-straps m to similar loops, n, a securing-bolt, 0, passingthrough both loops to connect the parts together. The rear end of thebolt-bar E is arranged to form a hook, which, when the bar is in theposition shown in Fig. 1, bears centrally against the end-gate G, andprevents any movement of the same. A chain or cable, 1), is secured ateach side of the rear end of the cart-body, and is adapted to engageahook located 011 the end-gate G, so as to limit the swinging movement ofsaid gate. A bar, q, secured at the forward end and on the underside ofthe cartbody A, is adapted, when the said body is tilted, to fall downin a vertical position, and come in contact with and be braced by ablock, 8, secured to the cross-bars attached to the shafts of thevehicle. By this construction the cart will be readily maintained in itstilted position.

The operation will be readily understood. By moving the upper-end of thelever F, so as to effect the disengagement of the lower hooked endthereof with the cross-bar attached to the shafts, and also causing arearward movement of the bolt-bar E, the hook t on said bar is movedfrom contact with the end-gate G, thus permitting the gate to opennnderthe pressure of the load,while the body is tilted, as shown in Fig. 2,the cables 19, by limiting the swinging movement of the endgate,allowing the same to act as a smoothing medium, and also, by alteringthe cable-connections, regulate the unloading. By this means the cartwill be specially useful in grading operations.

I claiml. The combination, in a dumping-cart, of the body suitablymounted and pivoted, a bar adapted to move longitudinally in guideslocated on the under side of the body, and adapted to hold the end-gatein a closed position, a lever pivotally secured on the cart-body, andcapable of securing the body in proper position, and adj ustablyconnected to the said longitudinal bar, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a dumping-cart, of the body suitably mounted, andprovided with devices for securing the body in proper position and formaintaining the end-gate in a closed position, and connected to eachother, to be simultaneously withdrawn, and an endgate, G, pivoted asdescribed, and limited in its movements by chains or cables,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a dumping-cart, of the IOO body, pivoted asdescribed, body and end-gate devices, connected and operating as setforth, and a bar secured pivot-ally on the under side of the body, andadapted, when said body is 5 tilted, to come in contact with and bebraced by a block secured between the shafts, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day ofJanuary, A. D. 1884.

L. C. DEES.

"Witnesses:

J ULIEN RICHARD, A. M. MAYO.

